Top 25 Albums: 2000-2009...

In my opinion...these were the 25 most important albums of the decade.

(in order)

25. Antony & The Johnsons - "I Am a Bird Now" (2005)



24. Beck - "Sea Change" (2002)



23. Girl Talk - "Night Ripper" (2006)



22. Deerhunter - "Cryptograms" (2007)



21. Grizzly Bear - "Veckatimest" (2009)



20. The Knife - "Silent Shout" (2006)



19. Interpol - "Turn On the Bright Lights" (2002)



18. The Shins - "Oh, Inverted World" (2001)



17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Fever To Tell" (2003)



16. Radiohead - "In Rainbows" (2007)



15. The Postal Service - "Give Up" (2003)



14. Jay-Z - "The Blueprint" (2001)



13. Modest Mouse - "Good News For People Who Love Bad News" (2004)



12. Death Cab for Cutie - "Transatlanticsm" (2003)



11. Broken Social Scene - "Your Forgot It In People" (2003)



10. Wilco - "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (2002)



9. Bright Eyes - "Fevers and Mirrors" (2000)



8. Panda Bear - "Person Pitch" (2007)



7. Eminem - "The Eminem Show" (2002)



6. Modest Mouse - "The Moon & Antarctica" (2000)



5. The Arcade Fire - "Funeral" (2004)



4. The White Stripes - "White Blood Cells" (2001)



3. Sufjan Stevens - "Come On Feel the Illinoise" (2005)



2. Animal Collective - "Merriweather Post Pavilion" (2009)



1. Radiohead - "KID A" (2000)



Honorable mention:

(in no particular order)

Animal Collective - "Feels" (2005)
Lil' Wayne - "Tha Carter III" (2008)
The National - "Alligator" (2005)
Hot Chip - "The Warning" (2006)
The Flaming Lips - "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" (2002)
Death Cab for Cutie - "The Photo Album" (2001)
Wolf Parade - "Apologies to the Queen Mary" (2005)
Dirty Projectors - "Bitte Orca" (2009)
M83 - "Before the Dawn Heals Us" (2005)
The Arcade Fire - "Neon Bible" (2007)
Jay-Z - "The Black Album" (2003)
Strokes - "Is This It" (2001)
Eminem - "The Marshall Mathers LP" (2000)
The Antlers - "Hospice" (2009)
Bright Eyes - "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning" (2005)
Songs: Ohia - "Magnolia Electric Co." (2003)
Kanye West - "Graduation" (2007)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah" (2005)
The Game - "The Documentary" (2005)
OutKast - "Stankonia" (2000)
Bloc Party - "Silent Alarm" (2005)
Thursday - "Full Collapse" (2001)
Kleerup - "Kleerup" (2008)